Setting an OLAP Trace (SAP Library - Performance Optimization)

Setting an OLAP Trace

Procedure

Activate the trace mode.

You have various options to activate the trace mode for all additional actions on the frontend:

Call up the BEx Analyzer. Via the

Settings, choose Trace, before logging into the BW system.

From the Business Explorer SAP Easy Access screen, choose Business Explorer® BEx Monitor ® Trace Tool. Enter a user and choose Edit ® Activate user. You can activate all users via All Users. For more information, see OLAP Trace Tool.

To activate the trace mode for a particular query in the Web, you need to add the parameter &trace=X to the query URL.

Log into the BW system and carry out the required steps.

The frontend actions are logged. The log file SAPBEX.trc is generated on the frontend computer.

Note

Make sure that you keep the log as short as possible.

To restrict logging to important steps, it is useful to start the BEx Analyzer without the trace at first, then to load the workbook. Only at this point should you interrupt the connection to the OLAP server, via Settings, and activate the trace. You can then create a new connection via Refresh. The actions you subsequently carry out are now logged.

Deactivate the trace mode in the same way you activated it in step 1.

Result

You have logged actions in the frontend. The logs and the OLAP trace number can be found in the OLAP Trace Tool.

When making contact with SAP support, your customer message can contain the technical name (from the InfoCube or query) as well as the number of the OLAP Trace (Log Number) in addition to the user, and the date and time the log was created.